"I was elected to come to an incredibly dysfunctional capital and make the government work better, and that's what I'm doing."

"If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job."

"I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered."

"I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools."

"The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good."

"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

"It is a quiet truth that humility is not weakness in leadership; it is the cornerstone of unassailable respect."